the only reason i’m giving this a 1 is because of the authors efforts into writing and publishing a book. but if you went in thinking this story would be similar to edward rutherfords works you’d be mistaken. it’s very confusing and easy to lose track of characters as there’s a zillion characters in the book. plus, pretty much every page you turn to has something to do with sex. i want to read a story not 50 shades of grey set in early manhattan. disappointed.